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Institute of English Speech and Drama Sri Lanka

Local Grade 2 · Term 3 · Paper 2

oral-listening

A journey past workplaces

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For the adult · read this script

ADULT: Read the following short scenario twice at a comfortable pace, without showing the child the text. Ask questions 1–6 orally. For 7–12, read one instruction at a time and observe the response. Do not require written English answers. Use safe real objects or simple adult-made cards when an action is requested. Imaginary personal details are accepted.
SCENARIO: Mala travels to town by bus with her aunt. They pass a paddy field. A farmer works there. The bus then passes a hospital. Mala sees a doctor at the hospital gate. They get off at the town bus stop with the aunt’s help.

  1. Who travels with Mala?
  2. How do they travel?
  3. What place do they pass first?
  4. Who works in the field?
  5. Which workplace do they pass next?
  6. Who does Mala see at the hospital gate?
  7. Name a vehicle used on water.
  8. Name a vehicle that runs on railway tracks.
  9. Say where a farmer may work.
  10. Say where a doctor may work.
  11. Ask politely where a school bus goes in an imaginary conversation.
  12. Name one safe action at a bus stop.

Try it yourself

Describe a real or imaginary journey with an adult, including a vehicle and a workplace seen on the way.

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